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Flashcards by Sonia De Oliveira Reales, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sonia De Oliveira Reales
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| get on with | continue doing something especially work |
| do up | repair or decorate a building so that it looks attractive |
| clear up | make a place tidy |
| go on | continue |
| wear out | make someone extremely tired |
| pick up | collect someone or something |
| take up | start doing an activity or hobby |
| sum up | describe the important facts about something or someone |
| get hold of | obtain |
| have a go | try to do something |
| take risks | do something even though something bad might happen |
| make up | say or write something which is not true |
| keep a promise | do what you said you would do |
| not have a clue | be completely unable to guess or understand something |
| get over | feel better after an illness or difficult situation |
| live up to | be as good as something (expectations) |
| hand back | return something |
| get away with | doing a bad action without a punishment |
| point out | tell/show someone information |
| put off | delay an event or activity |
| turn out | to be known or discovered finally and surprisingly |
| look back | to think about something that happened in the past |
| ask someone out | invite someone to go with you to a cinema, restaurant... because you want to start a romantic relationship with them |
| break into something | enter a building by force, especially in order to steal things |
| break up (with someone) | if two people break up, they end their relationship |
| bring something back | cause ideas, feelings, or memories to be in your mind again |
| carry on with/ doing something | continue doing something |
| catch on | become popular or fashionable |
| catch up | talk to someone you have not seen for some time and find out what they have been doing |
| chat someone up | start a conversation with someone because you want to start a romantic relationship with them |
| check someone/something out | examine someone or something in order to be certain that everything is correct, true or satisfactory |
| come up with something | think of an idea or a plan |
| cover something up | hide the truth about something |
| cram something into something | do a lot of activities in a short time |
| draw up | if a vehicle draws up, it arrives at a place and stops |
| drop someone off | take someone to a place in a car, usually without getting out of the car yourself |
| end up | be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing something |
| fall for something | believe that a trick or joke is true |
| fall for someone | fall in love with someone |
| fall out (with someone) | stop being friendly with someone because you have had an argument or a disagreement with them |
| find something out | discover a fact or piece of information |
| fish something out | pull something out of a bag or other container |
| get something across | make people understand something |
| get back together (with someone) | if two people who ended their romantic relationship get back together, they start having a relationship with each other again |
| get by (on/with) something | have just enough of something such as money or knowledge to be able to do what you need to do |
| get on | be successful in life or at work |
| get on with someone | have a friendly relationship with someone |
| get through something | manage to deal with a difficult situation |
| give something up | stop doing something that you do regularly |
| go away | leave your home for a period of time, especially for a holiday |
| go back on something | fail to do something that you have promised or agreed to do |
| go for something | choose a particular thing |
| go off | happen in the way that had been planned |
| go on to do something | do something after you have finished doing something else |
| go out | leave your house and go somewhere, especially in order to do something enjoyable |
| go out with someone | have a romantic relationship with someone and spend a lot of time with them |
| grow up | change from being a child to being an adult |
| hang around together | spend time with each other |
| lash out at someone | try to hit someone suddenly |
| leak out | if private or secret information leaks out, it becomes known by the public |
| leave someone/something out | not include someone or something |
| let someone down | make someone disappointed by not doing something that they are expecting you to do |
| lie in | stay in bed in the morning for longer than usual |
| live on something | have a particular amount of money to buy the things that you need to live |
| look back on something | think about a time or event in the past |
| look forward to (doing) something | feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen |
| look up to someone | admire and respect someone |
| make out (that) | pretend that something is true |
| make something up | invent a story, poem... |
| make up (with someone) | become friendly with someone again after having had an argument |
| move on to something | stop discussing or doing something and begin discussing or doing something different |
| pass out | suddenly become unconscious |
| pick someone up | go and meet someone, usually in a vehicle |
| pick someone/something up | lift someone or something up from a surface |
| put someone up | let someone stay in your house |
| put up with someone/something | accept an annoying situation without complaining, even though you do not like it |
| rub off on someone | if a quality that someone has rubs off, it begins to affect another person so that they begin to have that quality too |
| see someone off | go somewhere such as a station or airport with someone in order to say goodbye to them |
| set time aside | reserve time |
| set something up | start a business or an organization |
| settle in | become familiar with a new way of life, place or job |
| show something off to someone | show people something you are very proud of so they will admire it |
| sign up for something | join a course or organization |
| sleep in | continue sleeping after the time you usually get up |
| sort something out | do what is necessary to deal with a problem, disagreement, or difficult situation successfully |
| sort something out | make arrangements for something to happen |
| split up (with someone) | end a marriage or romantic relationship |
| stand out | be easy to see or notice because of being different |
| stay out | not return to your home, especially when it is late |
| stick with something | continue to do something |
| take someone in | trick someone into believing something that is not true |
| take off | if an aircraft takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying |
| take someone on | start to employ someone |
| take something on | accept some work or responsibility |
| take to someone/something | begin to like someone or something |
| take something up | start doing something new as a habit, job or interest fill a particular amount of space or time |
| talk someone into (doing) something | persuade someone to do something |
| talk something through | discuss a plan or situation in a detailed way |
| throw something away | get rid of something that you no longer want, for example by putting it in a dustbin |
| touch down | if an aircraft touches down, it lands |
| tune out | stop paying attention |
| turn away from something | refuse to accept or use something any longer |
| turn out | develop in a particular way or have a particular result |
| turn up | come somewhere unexpectedly |
| weigh something up | consider the good and bad aspects of something in order to reach a decision about it |
| work something out | calculate |
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